When most people think of investment risk, they may naturally think of the ones with a level of high risk only. All investments involve risk! The greatest risk of so called ‘safe’ investments, is their loss of value due to inflation. Let’s say you found a $1000 bill...

It is becoming increasingly more difficult to classify investments into a particular type as the lines are beginning to blur between those we associate with being traditional, and those that were considered alternative. Once stodgy pension funds may now be holding...